Build-your-own Valence Finder

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Author:

Mark Wenning

Subject:

Science and Technology

Institution Name:

Lowell High School

Collection:

Individual Authors

Grade Level:

Primary, Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

By building a program to determine the valence of ANY element on the first three rows of the Periodic table, students learn the steps to solve the problem while learning how to program logic and think about processing data in sequence. NOTE: The worksheet includes the option of letting students create a bug that they have to fix.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Lesson Plans

Media Format:

Text/HTML, Downloadable docs

Technical Requirements:

Uses Python 2.7 programming interface which needs to be installed on computers.

Conditions of Use:

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0

Copyright Holder:

Mark Wenning